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Argentine National Game
The air was filled with tickertape all night at River Stadium. Tonight I went to River Stadium to watch the Argentine national team play the Argentine under 20 team, both of which are playing in their respective World Cups in June. The stadium holds 65,000 people... it was decently full... that means that the people filling half of the station represent the number of individuals "dissappeared" by the Argentine government in the last military dictatorship. What is most creepy about this is that it wasn´t like an impersonal bomb or attack that killed large numbers of people all at once, it was a systematic execution of individuals after torturing them for days, months, even years. The precision and personal connection needed to conduct such an act is stunning.
On the way back from the stadium tonight, I saw my first hookers in BsAs. We cut through a park in our car and this one street was lined with scantily clad women with no coats or anything, and it is 40 degrees outside tonight. It was an odd experience. Especially seeing taxi cabs pulled up along side the walk where all the women were picking up some of them.
This weekend I´ve decided to stay in Buenos Aires with 6 other students while everyone else heads to Mendoza, Montevideo, and Cordoba. I will be going to San Antonio with Jessica and her friends on Saturday, I do believe, so that will be fun.
Tomorrow is the 25th of May, a national holiday in Argentina, and President Kirchner is having a rally in the Plaza de Mayo to show support. I´m heading down at noon tomorrow with Bowman and whomever else decides to accompany us (I´m thinking that will be no one... maybe this history professor we met the other night). I´ll have to write tomorrow as to how that experience goes. I´ll also try to update photos soon.
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JohnWBrooks
John Brooks
that's an awesome picture! post more like this one